PHP and Salesforce

Pretty simple, but for those new to PHP or to exception handling:

// instantiate a SOAP connection to Salesforce
// catch Salesforce exception if there is one
try {
  $crmHandle->createConnection(SALESFORCE_WSDL);
} catch (Exception $e) {
  // handle exception - did you set the WSDL path above?

  // print out the exception string
  echo $e->getMessage();
}

If an exception occurs, and it’s not caught, it behaves more or less like a fatal error. PHP’s set_exception_handler() function provides a nice fallback, allowing you to avoid try/catching every method call. That’s pretty much all there is to it.

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